MissDominae -> RE: Lesbians: Why do you hate transsexuals so much? (5/23/2009 2:20:24 PM)
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Dang, I started feeling a little better and then someone like you comes along and just trashes on me. Everything I've said has been the truth. I've been told by more than one lesbian that I "wasn't a real lesbian because I wasn't a real woman". I've been blown off and ignored countless times. It's damn frustrating. Still, I wish people like you would just stay out of my thread, because I don't need this kind of crap from people! Lindsey hon, I haven't been posting on here for long and I know neither Lady Pact nor La Tigresse except for their posts in this thread, so there is no personal bias in my reply to you here. They are right hon, and you are wrong. You aren't being crapped upon here that I can see. I've also been told by 'more than one lesbian' that I wasn't a real woman etc. I've also been told that by straight women, straight and gay men, representatives of some Fundamentalist Christian groups and so on. That isn't a pattern of organised discrimination; it is, as Aravain very ably pointed out, individuals exercising their individual right to reject or accept whomever they choose for whatever reason they find appropriate for themselves. It may not be fair and their assessment of you may not be accurate but, as individuals, it is their right to make those assessments. You don't have to like it - Goddess knows it hurts me when it happens to me - but you do have to accept it and work past the self-pity. The fact that you are receiving this rejection 'countless times' from within the Lesbian community is probably most indicative that this is the community you are most contacting; thus, there are more individuals of a particular class of people who have more exposure to you and, therefore, more chances to reject you. If it had been the class of people known as left handed redheads who were receiving most of your approaches then it would be they who provided the majority of your rejections, and so on. That's simple statistics for you; as your sample size increases so does the number which represents a statistically significant response. I accept you wholly and totally as a woman (and I am a lesbian, though not from Georgia). Stella, LaTigresse, LadyPact, Retiredsublady, Aravain and many others in this thread have ALL accepted you but have also exercised their right to make comments - some solely supportive, some critiquing, some disagreeing with you - based on their own individual opinions. You cannot wish that people like these stayed out of your thread if you are serious in receiving answers, otherwise all you are seeking is, respectfully, members to join the Lindsey Fan Club and Pity Party, Inc. Hon, I am so on your side that it isn't funny but I'm having to come across like the Wicked Witch of the West in my posts. The reason for that is I have to be honest and call it as I see it and what I see here is (as others have commented also) someone who in bypassing the HSBOC - no matter how good or valid the reasons seemed at the time - has done themselves no favours, left themselves in an emotionally unprepared state post-surgery and is now forced to deal with harsh and unpleasant realities as a consequence; realities that taking the slower and more established route would have seen many of these issues discussed, confronted and dealt with long before surgery. Yes, it can be hard to find a GP to treat you and specialists in the field to consult with; that means you have to work harder and find them, not self-medicate, dodge the system and its safeguards, go offshore and see a surgeon who doesn't give a toss about your emotional health post-surgery and then get suicidal because things aren't rose-coloured glasses ever after. No doubt you will read this post, object to it, feel I am being cruel and heartless and unsupportive and reject it outright, because of course none of what is happening is your fault - it is OUR fault. It is THEIR fault. It is the SYSTEM'S fault. Sorry hon; the system didn't fail you Lindsey - you just never gave it a chance to work for you. The people here aren't failing you because they aren't falling over themselves only to say what you want to hear, and I'm not failing you by telling the truth, no matter how bitter and painful that truth may be. If I didn't care I wouldn't have bothered writing these long and detailed posts. I'm writing them because in my life I have seen too many people make the same mistakes you have made and been to too many funerals of people who thought that bypassing the system was the best and "only" way for them. They paid the price for it and we who are left behind pay that price as well every damn day because we feel that, somehow, we failed them and could have - SHOULD have - done more to help, even though we did all we could. You dodged the system because you wanted to transition whilst you were still enough to get the maximum benefit - has that worked? Are you happier now than if it had taken a year or two longer, do you think? Hate me if you wish. Ignore me if you want but please, at the very least, think about what you are doing to yourself and how you might do it better. Hate me all you want but LIVE. Stop the pity, don't blame others, get help and LIVE.
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